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GSA — the long wait is over. The General Services Administration now has a new administrator. The DorobekINSIDER has confirmed that Martha Johnson was sworn in as GSA administrator on Sunday — by phone. The…
February 09, 2010 -
DC’s snowpocalypse has delayed the swearing in ceremony for GSA’s newly confirmed administrator Martha Johnson. The DorobekINSIDER told you last week that the swearing in ceremony was scheduled to be Tuesday at 2p ET at…
February 08, 2010 -
The most read stories from the week of January 31-February 6, 2010… on the DorobekInsider.com, on the Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris, for Mike Causey, and for FederalNewsRadio.com… …from the DorobekInsider.com… DorobekINSIDER:…
February 07, 2010 -
Less then 12 hours after she was confirmed by the Senate, GSA soon-to-be-sworn-in administrator Martha Johnson has reached out to GSA staff — and is seeking their questions and ideas. The note confirms what the…
February 05, 2010 -
We’ve been following the saga forever, but the vote finally happened Thursday afternoon — we had it live as it happened on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris…
February 05, 2010 -
On Monday, the DorobekINSIDER pointed you comments made by Senator elect Scott Brown (R-MA) where he said that feds made double the private sector. Read the full comments here, but the relevant portion: We need…
February 03, 2010 -
It was thought that Tuesday might be GSA V-Day — as in Vote Day where the Senate would move along Martha Johnson’s long delayed nomination to be the administrator of the General Services Administration. But…
February 03, 2010 -
In addressing the importance of cyber security as a government priority in testimony before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee last fall, Vivek Kundra, the Federal Chief Information Officer, said: \"Our Nation\'s security and economic prosperity depend on the stability and integrity of our Federal communications and information infrastructure.\" Federal News Radio has reportedthat the federal government will spend $8.3 billion on computer security this year - marking a 60% increase in four years. As Federal information security decision-makers allocate dollars and resources to protect our infrastructure, it is important to prioritize the key challenges they face. These include: 1. Increased use of mobile devices.Mobile devices are becoming smaller and faster every day. Agencies face even more challenges as mobile applications have now become widely used and they are even looking to build their own mobile applications to increase their productivity in the field. 2. Continued movement of data into the cloud. Cloud computing has become a pervasive buzzword but in the end, risk stems from a matter of oversight and control. Agencies must rely on strong governance and compliance oversight of their service providers since they do not own or control the systems where their data resides. 3. Changing regulatory environment. NIST has undergone sweeping changes across their Special Publications by introducing a new Risk Management Framework and introducing new nomenclature such as \"Security Authorization.\" OMB continues to press their performance metrics as a part of the FISMA reporting process and could see some changes in the next 9 months. 4. Application security. Attackers have now moved their focus from the network and infrastructure level to the application layer. We\'re seeing more attacks proliferated through applications such as Adobe and web browsers but some high profile data breaches stemmed from custom web applications through SQL injection attacks. 5. Developing/maturing offensive capabilities. \"Understanding the offensive to build the defensive\" has become the mantra for today\'s cyber security efforts. The ability to understand the mindset of an attacker and their methods becomes critical in building defenses that focus on these attack vectors. Reigning in the changes can pose a difficult problem for several agencies but it ultimately comes down to understanding the threats to your particular agency and narrowing your defenses on those areas. Focus and prioritization become key in the constant battle.
February 02, 2010 -
Could Tuesday be V-Day for Martha Johnson, the Obama administration’s nominee to be GSA administrator — V-day meaning Senate vote day. We told you last week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had put Johnson’s…
February 01, 2010 -
The President discusses priorities in his FY2011 budget request, released today.
February 01, 2010 -
Federal employees making twice as much as their private sector counterparts, right? That’s what Senator-elect Scott Brown said during his interview Sunday with Barbara Walters on ABC News’ This Week: Photo: ABC News WALTERS: President…
February 01, 2010 -
The most read stories from the week of January 10-16, 2010… on the DorobekInsider.com, on the Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris, for Mike Causey, and for FederalNewsRadio.com… …from the DorobekInsider.com… DorobekInsider: GSA…
February 01, 2010 -
Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s In Depth with Francis Rose each Friday features the Federal News Radio Countdown where Francis Rose counts down the top stories for the week from a panel of experts. And…
January 29, 2010 -
The DorobekInsider told you it was likely to happen — and in fact it has: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) tonight filed a cloture motion for Martha Johnson’s long pending nomination, Federal News Radio’s…
January 28, 2010 -
Most of probably watched the State of the Union address last night — President Obama’s first State of the Union address. Over all, there wasn’t much for feds specifically — he called for the end…
January 28, 2010